[Mediawiki-l] Extension manager

[Rob Church]

On 08/06/07, Kasimir Gabert <kasimir.g at gmail.com> wrote:
> Are there any talks of implementing an extension manager and a proper
> extension repository?  Something that will allow new versions to be
> detected, downloaded, UPGRADE files to be displayed, etc all from one
> location?  Something that could also allow enabling, disabling,
> installing, and uninstalling extensions?

The software would be quite straightforward, the issue here is
maintaining a repository; there is a lot of sloppy extension code out
there, some of it outright insecure, and we don't really want the
hassle of keeping track of it all and checking it's all sane.


Rob Church